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Christopher Weeks

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I steward 20 acres of Cromwell Sandy Loam in the north woods of Minnesota. I clear birch and aspen as needed to plant food sources.

I always have more projects going than I can keep up with which isn't really awesome but I don't know what to change.

I vote for Libertarians and Socialists because they know what it means to have principles and that matters more to me than the exact details of what they believe in. I'm a gun-toting vegetarian. I write code for cash and grow food because no amount of cash will buy real food these days.

I have a wife, two kids, two grandkids, and three cats. I've never had a dog, but I'm thinking about changing that. I hike, garden, read, play games, code, cook, spin and knit, putter, and play at arting.
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Carlton County, Minnesota, USA: 3b; Dfb; sandy loam; in the woods
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Maybe a local vet would perform the procedure for free as a public good.
Green chilaquiles for Cinco de Mayo.
1 day ago
I'll look forward to the answers you get. I have a little rhubarb patch but it came with the property and I have the sense that it was mature when the folks who sold us the house bought it a couple of years earlier. I have been wondering if I need to spade them up and divide the root crowns or something, but they seem vigorous with doing nothing.
1 day ago
Note to self: There might be good ideas in this thread whenever we get around to actually doing this: https://permies.com/t/372156/Remake-coat-coat-filling
2 days ago

Minimum Requirements:
- Something you grew, harvested, or foraged
- Included preserved food stuffs like jam or sausage
- No more than 10% of the finished product (by value) can be purchased

To get certified for this BB, post the following:
- Show that you harvested, grew, or foraged the item(s)
- Show the price is at least $20
- Provide proof that it sold



I just sold a bottle of syrup and a jar of jam: https://permies.com/t/372451/flea-market/SOLD-oz-maple-syrup-oz

The syrup was detailed at: https://permies.com/wiki/137946/pep-foraging/gallon-maple-syrup-PEP-BB#3762992
We also have a substantial raspberry patch: https://permies.com/t/190854/documenting-calories-grown#1904903 & https://permies.com/wiki/162917/pep-natural-medicine/Create-infusion-raspberry-leaf-PEP#1338682 & https://permies.com/t/69269/zone-hardy-wild-blackberries#1852052
from which we make jam, but since I'm not finding any documentation on Permies, I'll just attach a picture at the bottom of raspberry jam.

Between the thread where I sold it, linked above, and the second picture below showing Clay's payment in my inbox, I think that end of things is covered.
2 days ago
Five points of worth items from the sand-badge list that you didn't submit to get your sand badge.
I want to sell a harvest for $20 to shove a BB through without waiting for a more natural circumstance. This seems like the easiest to sell lot, so I'm offering a bottle of maple syrup that's just a few weeks old and a half-pint of canned raspberry jam from last year. It's all organic or better and the jam is made with commercial turbinado sugar, so you might notice a hint of that raw-sugar flavor.

I just punched my Grandma's old address in Southern California in and Pirate Ship tells me the best price is $14.01 via UPS. I got $9.31 with a Twin Cities address. You're probably somewhere in between those. If you have a way for me to ship it less expensively, I'm happy to comply with reasonable suggestions, but I don't think I can shave much size off and still have it packed securely.

I'm assuming you'll Paypal me the funds -- I'm not really set up for any of the other electronic transfer schemes, but I could take a check or cash if that's how you roll.
2 days ago

Poker
 Tongs
 Scoop
 A proper place to hold the poker, tongs and scoop
 Metal Ash Bucket
 Storage for a little bit of firewood
 Storage for firestarter
 A lighter or a propane torch with a starting trigger
 (optional) a single welding glove
 A fire extinguisher

To show you've completed this Badge Bit, you must provide pictures or a short video depicting the following:
Before: The Fire Contraption without Proper Tools
Each item listed above, labeled that it goes with this location
After: The Fire Contraption with Proper Tools,

3 days ago
I was just watching an 'intro to KNF' type video and came up with a question about who should use IMO, so I went looking for a thread to piggyback on and I think this is close enough.

Basically, I garden in a clearing the woods. Do I need IMO or is that all already there? Is anyone here Korean Natural Farming expert/practitioner who can speak to this? My woods are not old-growth, though there are some very large pines that must be quite old, if any of that matters.
4 days ago